Highly stereospecific thermolysis of spirooxetanes containing tetrahalogenated 1,4-benzoquinone moieties

Authors :: Takumi Oshima
Toshikazu Nagai
Source :: Tetrahedron Letters. 30:3443-3444
Publication Year :: 1989
Publisher :: Elsevier BV, 1989.
Abstract: Thermolysis of cis- and trans-spirooxetanes(1)proceeded with 94–100% retention of stereochemistry to give stilbene(2) and quinones(3). Important role of a concerted pathway was assumed.

Subjects :: 1,4-Benzoquinone
chemistry.chemical_compound
Stereospecificity
Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
Drug Discovery
Thermal decomposition
Organic chemistry
Biochemistry

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